Thesaurus results for LET ON

let on

verb

Definition of let on next

as in to pretend

to take on a false or deceptive appearance she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on

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Recent Examples of let on But the actual clinical evidence is more limited and more conditional than most wellness content lets on. —

Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 Even the ideology of the group’s patron saint was more complicated than the ACC lets on. —

Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Eventually, the girl let on that her classmate had indeed been bothering her, poking her in the back and face with his fingers — but did not say the boy had threatened to kill her, according to the police report. —

Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 23 Mar. 2026 But the negotiators have made less progress on this issue than Zelensky has let on. —

Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for let on

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pretend

Verb

The criminals then follow up by phone, pretending to be IT support and ask employees to join screen-sharing sessions or install remote-access software.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Beauty, then, arises from the pain and struggle of experiencing oneself as a site of divine truancy, and ugly is that which pretends to be directly equivalent to the soul, God, etc.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026